9 players to target off fantasy football waiver wires for Week 4

Week Three is in the books and you need to augment your fantasy football lineup in a hurry. We’ve now approached the timeframe where you can legitimately think about dropping underachievers you selected in Rounds 6-12, and these players are who you should strongly consider replacing them with, and for various reasons. Some are temporary fixes, some are stashes for bye weeks and some others could become regulars in your lineup.

What are you waiting for? Put your claims in!

Quarterbacks

Case Keenum (Owned in 1% of Yahoo! leagues)

No one is sure how long Sam Bradford is out, but Keenum showed, for at least one week, that he is capable of utilizing the great receiving options at his discretion in Minnesota. The Vikings next three games are all within the division, and none of the three teams has shown up as a defense thus far. He’s worth an add as QB2 or a response to a bad draft at the position.

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Blake Bortles (12%)

Of course you shouldn’t trust Bortles off of one game, but it’s getting to the point where you look ahead and plan for bye weeks. After Bortles bye, he gets CIN, LAC, @CLE, @AZ, IND from Weeks 9-13. If your QB takes a break during that stretch, he’s not a bad alternative to have stashed away in advance.

Wide Receivers

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Sterling Shepard (35%)

The Giants appeared to wake up from their offensive slumber in the fourth quarter Sunday, and that could mean good things for Shepard. With Brandon Marshall looking like he’s over the hill and the Giants having no running game, Shepard should benefit as Odell Beckham, Jr. gets even healthier and demands the focus of opposing secondaries.

Geronimo Allison (9%)

Allison filled in nicely for Randall Cobb, ensuring he’ll be the first receiver off the bench if Cobb or Jordy Nelson go down with injury. With Martellus Bennett still struggling to sync up with Aaron Rodgers, it’s not out of the question Allison will see a bigger piece of the pie regardless.

Josh Doctson (6%)

Doctson is a long-term investment as he’s clearly not a finished product. However, he started on Sunday night for Washington and hauled in the type of deep bomb QB Kirk Cousins likes to connect on in Jay Gruden’s offense. That element is missing post-Desean Jackson and the second-year player could be on the verge of making that a reality. Stash prospect if you have a loaded roster.

Taylor Gabriel (20%)

It was revealed Monday that Julio Jones has a lower-back injury suffered late in the game against Detroit. If that lingers, Gabriel will be the man to get the targets after Mohamed Sanu. Gabriel is a speedy slot receiver who can get open against anybody. Atlanta has a Week 5 bye, so if they want to give Jones two weeks to receover, expect Gabriel to be featured against the Bills.

Tight Ends

Vernon Davis (8%)

Does anyone trust Jordan Reed to remain healthy? Davis showed he can still be highly effective if needed. While Reed was close to playing on Sunday night, he is always a question mark. Washington will be playing on Monday night next week, meaning there will be no alternatives if Reed is a late scratch. Handcuff accordingly.

Running Backs

Chris Thompson (76%)

Why do you need an explanation, are you not paying attention? If you belong to one of the 24% of dumb leagues, go get the guy.

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Alvin Kamara (40%)

Kamara’s time has arrived. He’s finding his groove in the passing game and on Sunday he took a handoff to the house to seal the game away. Sean Payton clearly doesn’t want a bell cow, but Kamara is also clearly the most dynamic of all three of the Saints’ backs. It’s tough to start him unless you drafted with a Zero RB strategy, but he has such a low floor as the passing back in a pass-happy offense.

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